Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-06-10

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 10
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 271▲ 51 vs year ago 151 · +33.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 31▲ 8 vs year ago 14 · +57.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 11 vs year ago 4 · +275.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to $15 higher. Heifers sold steady to $10 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $2 - $10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $344.07/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −35.23 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$344.07
30 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$36.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.82
vs MS average
−36.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579346.382,00625
Medium and Large 1560338.181,8944thin
Medium and Large 2555310.001,7211thin
One grade step is worth $36.38/cwt here — about $285 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale30 hd
344.07
—
MS average13 barns · 317 hd
341.25
+2.82
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
−36.94
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−35.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
477424371318median 379.3003/2406/0208/0409/2210/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.50, low $332.31, median $379.30 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,492184.722,7575thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,058158.851,68010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,534150.522,3084thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$2,3693thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,118$2,2712thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)785$1,1001thin

Every lot

68 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487344.88/cwt340.00–355.001,6803
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535338.87/cwt332.50–345.001,8132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579346.38/cwt335.00–350.002,00625
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585337.48/cwt335.00–340.001,9742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621331.14/cwt330.00–333.002,05613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678287.69/cwt280.00–295.001,9512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,1121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9481
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,1805
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1662
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2907272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,46717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210440.00/cwt440.00–440.009241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1621
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372340.04/cwt335.00–350.001,2653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440339.94/cwt335.00–345.001,4962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,6234
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465332.50/cwt325.00–340.001,5462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3981
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6071
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,74211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578269.58/cwt237.50–302.501,5582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617293.58/cwt290.00–295.001,8117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620271.37/cwt267.50–275.001,6822
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7661
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,9162
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727253.35/cwt250.00–255.001,8423
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230360.00/cwt360.00–360.008281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2831
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4661
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373412.35/cwt405.00–420.001,5382
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431391.39/cwt385.00–395.001,6874
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468376.51/cwt370.00–380.001,7623
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475348.63/cwt322.50–360.001,6566
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510347.50/cwt345.00–350.001,7722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520333.33/cwt330.00–335.001,7333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572297.90/cwt285.00–315.001,7043
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573324.85/cwt320.00–330.001,8612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608316.21/cwt312.50–322.501,9234
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,1261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,333173.05/cwt170.00–176.002,3072
Bulls——1,543186.76/cwt180.00–194.002,8822
Bulls——1,710204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,4881
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000173.86/cwt172.50–175.001,7392
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038144.65/cwt140.00–149.001,5013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093161.36/cwt155.00–167.001,7645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,598154.03/cwt153.00–155.002,4613
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,001189.61/cwt182.50–195.001,8985
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,210190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2991
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19202,368.84/head1,850.00–3,050.002,3693
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1182,271.14/head2,100.00–2,400.002,2712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 17851,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.